“We are following the law,” he tells Scoop. “I am neither producing nor selling it. That said, it is my fervent desire to keep foie gras alive, both for my dining public and for my cooks to practice their skill in preparing it.”

Each night, Frank picks a number of tables that he thinks might enjoy some free foie gras, and then he sends it to then “as a surprise.”

He adds: “So far I’ve been right every time.”

Frank is also currently fighting a lawsuit from animal activists. He was one of the parties named in an anti-foie gras lawsuit earlier this year, thanks in large part to his strong op-ed in the LA Times earlier this year. He says he’s fighting it.

“I’ve spent more on legal fees than I have on foie gras, but what’s right is right,” he says.